OTRC: Shaggy not dead, responds to his death hoax on Twitter

The "Bombastic" and "It Wasn't Me" rapper responded to the hoax on his verified Twitter account on January 24 by reTweeting stories that confirmed he was alive and well despite Internet reports that claimed he was killed in a bar fight in Los Angeles earlier this week.

"Definitely wasn't me," he wrote in a reTweet of a TMZ story which featured a statement from his spokesperson that confirmed he was alive.

Shaggy, whose real name is Orville Richard Burrell, became well known after the 1995 single "Bombastic." His 2000 album "Hot Shot" was his biggest success. The album featured hit singles like "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel."

Over six million copies of the album were sold. He went on to release five more albums that did not match the success of "Hot Shot." In June 2012, he launched his own record label called Ranch Entertainment.